VP, Protocol, Backend Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure blockchain products, systems, and infrastructure pertaining to our blockchain participation and custody services.

• Work alongside cross-functional teams to pinpoint and implement enhancements in infrastructure, monitoring, system automation, and incident response.

• Recognize and implement solutions within your domain where processes, automation, or tools can significantly enhance our infrastructure operations.

• Create a present and forward-looking perspective on developments in each area of your domain and how they relate to the business. Establish and convey insights that guide leadership and organizational strategy.

• Continuously research and remain updated on emerging trends in the web3/blockchain sector.

• Identify, scope, and capitalize on new product opportunities that could add value to the business.

• Troubleshoot complex distributed blockchains and protocols to enhance our participation.

• Implement monitoring and observability tools and best practices to guarantee the health, performance, and stability of our blockchain infrastructure.

• Participate in and enhance domain-specific on-call rotations to ensure the ongoing reliability and uptime of our services.

• Collaborate with others to develop and maintain automation scripts and tools that streamline deployment, scaling, and recovery processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Previous software engineering or application development experience in a modern programming language (such as .Net, Go, Rust, C/C++, Java, etc.).

• Proven experience working with blockchain infrastructure or a strong understanding of the blockchain domain (including proof-of-stake consensus, web3, rpc, etc.).

• Solid understanding of custody key management, generation, HSMs, and MPC technologies.

• Experience or familiarity with Chainlink systems, services, or the ecosystem.

• Proficiency in scripting with a high-level scripting language like Python, Perl, or bash, along with the capability to identify human processes suitable for scripting and automation.

• Extensive knowledge of compute-infrastructure systems, tooling, observability, and debugging strategies, combined with a research-oriented mindset and a commitment to preventing the recurrence of the same problems.

• Expertise in troubleshooting complex application flows that span multiple systems, with the ability to identify server, network, and application issues and apply measurable remediations.

• Working familiarity with Linux systems, system performance optimization, and command line tools.

• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and virtualization technologies (VMWare, KVM, Docker, or similar).

• Practical experience with monitoring and observability tools (such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, LogDNA, etc.).

• Conceptual understanding of security best practices, including encryption, access control, and network security (firewalls, traffic filtering).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to identify issues, determine their root causes, and navigate them to resolution.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus.

• Generous paid time off.

• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and their eligible dependents.

• Complimentary virtual coaching sessions through Headspace.

• Free daily snacks in the office.

• Opportunities to gain insights into the Crypto industry.

• A team of smart, entrepreneurial, and enjoyable colleagues.